LOT 74
RAFIEE GHANI
B. Kedah, 1962
The Beach Whisperer, 2008
Oil on canvas
120 x 167.5 cm
Private Collection, Kuala Lumpur
Signed “Rafiee Ghani”, titled “The Beach Whisperer” and dated “2008” on bottom edge. Signed, titled and dated on verso
RM 10,000 – 23,000
Born northwest of Malaysia in Kedah, Rafiee Ghani is one of the country’s foremost abstract expressionist painters to date. Rafiee was trained at the De Vrije Academie Voor Bildeende Kunst, the Hague, Holland in 1980 before returning to retake his Diploma in Printmaking at the Mara Institute of Technology in 1985. He then graduated with a MA (Fine Prints) at the Manchester Polytechnic, England, in 1987. It was in Europe that he gained experience and inspiration to create his personal form of art. As an avid traveller, his works revolved around his travels, scenery, and still life that depict all types of objects of everyday life including vases, stools, chairs, flowers and many more. His works speak for itself through brilliant composition, colour combination, balance of light and shadow.